Lion's Drums - DJ sets, podcasts & radioshows

BBC World Service Broadcast - Kagabas LP - 13th March 2021
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I've recorded this album at a Kagabas village, in the Sierra Nevada
mountain in Colombia. Kagabas are indigenous people who are concerned by the modern world's attempts to destroy the earth. As there's no writing, music is a way to pass knowledge down through generations and connect with environment. This LP combines songs, field recordings and musical compositions. They approved this album to be released. All benefits will go to Nativa.org to support the replanting of trees & getting land back

BBC World Service - Kagabas LP by Lion's Drums - 13th March 2021

Global Roots Radio, a weekly dose of experimental, underground music from across all corners of the globe; with independent music and culture at the core.

Thris is joined by Lion’s Drums, an audio project and album based on field recordings of the Kagabas People in their isolated Sierra Nevada mountain villages in northern Colombia.

Worldwide FM - Global Roots with Lion's Drums - 03.02.2021

PP Chill Pill III 80000 Takeover (NICE GIRL)

This is the 211th recorded instore session at the PP Headquarters.
Mixed and compiled by Rosa Red.

@redrosared

PP INSTORE SESSION #211 (ROSA RED)

Harold Boué AKA Abstraxion e Lion's Drums, é um produtor e músico francês radicado em Marselha.

Como Abstraxion começou a produzir música em 2005, e desde então já lançou pelo selo de Nicolas Jaar, pelo selo Dischi Autunno de Jennifer Cardini, e co-dirige a Biologic Records com o seu parceiro no crime DC Salas,

Em 2018 Harold sentiu vontade de explorar diferentes territórios musicais e lançou Lion's Drums,  que permeia e homenageia o caráter de sua cidade de Marselha: um pouco áspera, embora luminosa, e influenciada por elementos das culturas mediterrânea, africana e do norte da Europa. Isso se traduz em sons fortemente percussivos, nos quais os grooves tribais de disco invocam o espírito do vodu-techno. O seu primeiro EP  saiu pelo selo Hivern Discs de John Talabot, que trazia uma faixa co-escrita com Fantastic Man.

O artista viaja o mundo com a sua música, e com os seus hardwares seja ao vivo ou em sets de dj em lugares como o Pitchfork Festival, Berghain / Panorama-bar e, ocasionalmente, compartilhando os decks para sessões consecutivas com amigos musicais amados, como Roman Flügel e Budino , Bufiman, Chloé, Zozo ...

O seu Altercast é uma viagem atmosférica e profunda imersa em diversos estilos, e além de tudo, hoje é o dia de seu aniversário, ficamos muito felizes em de alguma forma fazer parte desta comemoração, e o desejamos imensas felicidades.

------------  https://soundcloud.com/abstraxion

Harold Boué aka Abstraxion and Lion's Drums, is a French producer and musician based in Marseille. 

He started to produce music as Abstraxion in 2005, and has so far released a fair amount of EP's as well as two studio albums ("Break of Lights" on Nicolas Jaar's label Other People - 2013 & "She Thought She Would Last Forever" on Biologic Records - 2016).  His latest EP "Black Vulture" was released May 2019 on Jennifer Cardini's label Dischi Autunno, including remixes by Black Merlin and Interstellar Funk. 

In 2018 Harold felt the desire to explore different musical territories and launched Lion's Drums, which he's developing in parallel with his Abstraxion project.  Lion's Drums music is inspired from and pays tribute to the character of his city Marseille: a bit rough though luminous, and influenced by elements of the Mediterranean, African and Northern European cultures.  This translates into heavily percussive sounds, in which tribal disco grooves invoke the spirits of voodoo-techno.  He released a first EP on John Talabot's label Hivern Discs, which featured a track co-written with Fantastic Man, and made a psychedelic acid remix of "Goca Dunya" by Turkish band Altin Gün.

Harold co-runs Biologic records with partner in crime DC Salas, and has released music by Matisa, ڭليثرGlitter٥٥, Malcolm, among others.  He travels across the globe to perform a hardware live act or dj sets in places such as Pitchfork festival or Berghain/Panorama-bar, and occasionally sharing the decks for wild back-to-back sessions with beloved musical friends such as Roman Flügel, Budino, Bufiman, Chloé, Zozo... 

Your Altercast is an atmospheric and profound journey immersed in several styles, and besides everything today is your birthday, we are very happy to be in some way part of this celebration, and we wish you all the best.

Lion's Drums - Alter Disco Podcast 113

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Beyond the Clouds w/ Masha Mar 190122

Lion's Drums' name is an apt description of the Marseille producer's sound. Rhythm and heavy percussion are at the centre of his work — once you've heard one of his tracks, you'll be hard pressed not to recognise the rest of his musical endeavours.

Beyond these core components, Lion's Drums - real name Harold Boué - draws inspiration from his surroundings. In his own words, it's 'a bit rough, luminous though', just like external perceptions of Marseille. But perhaps most discernibly, it pays tribute to the diversity of the city, taking cues from Mediterranean, African and Northern European culture and tradition.

It's under his other moniker though that he first began making music all the way back in 2005. As Abstraxion Harold released several EPs and LPs, including outings on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People, Jennifer Cardini’s label Dischi Autunno and Biologic Records - the label he co-runs with Brussels producer DC Salas. It's been a home for a wealth of exciting artists since launching, including but not limited to Matisa, ڭليثرGlitter٥٥ and Malcolm, and the label bosses themselves.

More recently Harold's had his edit hat firmly on. Two hypnotic drum workouts of Manos Tsangaris came out last autumn on Cocktail d’Amor, one of which was premiered here on R$N, and these were quickly followed by long player, La Batterie, which consisted of edits, remixes and original works, all focused on the potential of the drum. 

Of course, with Harold there's no rest for the wicked so expect plenty more in store under both his aliases this year. But first, we invited him to record our mix for our main series, and here it is in all its mutating rhythmic glory...

Lion's Drums: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

Delighted to host @judahwarsky Influence mix on Oddity Radio for @versatile-records

Judah Warsky :  This is a selection of tracks related to our album "L'Aurore" ("Sunrise"), which we made with Gilbert Cohen aka DJ Gilb'r, released on Friday Sep 30th on Versatile Records.

It starts off quietly with a farewell to summer, but don't worry; pretty soon, it gets up and you can get down.

This is music we either listened to during the recording of our album, or we talked about it or referenced it, or just were inspired by, one way or another.

Near the end, you will find a song in the form of a canon. This is a form we aped on our album, in a song we named "Canon". I don't think we could have been more straightforward.

Turn on, tune in and don't drop out!

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Judah Warsky - Oddity Influence Mix

Episode number four of my bi-monthly residency 'Melodic Odds' on @noodsradio.

"An exploration of the spaces between the beautiful and the strange, the comforting and the jarring: a soundtrack to soothe and disquiet."

Collage by ANGST vor GRETA. Support her work: collagesart.wixsite.com/collages

Melodic Odds on Noods Radio (August 2022)

Today, special episode to celebrate the release of our Alteration EP!

Beyond the concept of being a wheelable musical stage, the @camionbazar is also a monthly meeting on Rinse, driven by Romain & Benedetta.

After securing its spot on the electronic music scene, the duo now makes sure to provide everyone with catchy tunes to dance to, from house and minimal rock to hip-hop and jazz.

Listen to Camion Bazar every 1st Saturday of the month, from 16h to 18h [CET] on rinse.fr

Rinse France Podcast

Camion Bazar Radio Show présente Alteration Special - 04 Février 2023

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It feels gooood, to be back! And what an amazing start with no other than ABSTRAXION from Marseille, France cooking our little sweet spot LYKKE on Söder into a hotpot. Mixing that stretches genres, ages and intensities. A real deliverance. Rumours has it this might not be the last time we see him..

Harold Boué, aka Lion’s Drums and Abstraxion, is a French producer based in Marseille.
The desire to explore different musical territories to his Abstraxion alias led to Lion’s Drums’s birth.  As a tribute to his city, Marseille, Lion’s Drums creates music with its characteristics in mind: a bit rough though luminous and influenced by elements of the Mediterranean, African, and Northern European. This translates into heavily percussive sounds, italo-disco grooves, tribal house and voodoo-techno.

Lion’s Drums released a first EP on John Talabot’s Hivern Discs, made a psychedelic acid remix of “Goca Dunya” (Altin Gün), and in 2021 released his first album “Kagabas”.  “Kagabas” is an audio project comprising new compositions based on field recordings of original songs the Kagabas people sing to wild animals and their habitat.

A second artist album, “La Batterie”, was released on Berlin-based Cocktail d’Amore (2022).  Lion’s Drums nailed it with his edits for Sandy B’s classics “Student Nights” & “Amajovi Jovi”.
Harold also runs Biologic Records with partner in crime DC Salas.

Last but not least! We made a little collaboration with our friend Palmroos production, who runs a podcast series– Electronic Talks. Listen in here to get a background behind the music on Lion's Drums set and what he has been up to down in Marseille. Lion's Drums is a very versatile artist who has juggled many many different projects throughout the years. He has a lot of interesting stories to listen in on. 

Links:

RA Lion’s Drums - https://ra.co/dj/abstraxion
Spotify Lion’s Drums - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Jl6DsGmwz7jFS7TiyOwBu
Soundcloud Lion’s Drums - https://soundcloud.com/abstraxion
Electronic Talks - https://www.youtube.com/@electronictalkspodcast

BRUS 31 - Lion's Drums

@jan-schulte b2b Lion's Drums : 
Live recording from @hivern_disc x Laboratoire des Possibles - On Air - La Friche Belle de Mai - 06.07.2018

Bufiman b2b Lion's Drums @ Hivern Discs x LAB 06.07.18

Bartosz Kruczyński - Live at Hosoi, Stockholm

Ivan Smagghe French composer, producer and DJ. Recording was made for the day curated by Marko Vualeta Djukanov aka Floating Bastard.

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Harold Boué, also known as Abstraxion and Lion's Drums, is a French producer and musician based in Marseille. His music transcends boundaries, drawing from a range of genres and influences including Italo disco, EBM, early trance, techno rave, and synth wave, resulting in a captivating and unique musical experience. Abstraxion's sets are unpredictable, and he has a talent for surprising his audience with unexpected musical directions.
Harold's live performances are a seamless blend of flesh and machine, with his modular GRP A4 allowing him to give a modern interpretation to the euphoric sounds of the '80s and '90s while maintaining a warm and dance floor-focused approach.
In addition to his music, Harold is also founder of Biologic Records. He is a prominent figure in the Marseille underground scene, having been involved in projects such as the Mouillette queer parties and the Encore Encore festival. Harold's upcoming album, set to be released in June 2023 on Dischi Autunno.

Bufiman b2b Lion's Drums @ Hivern Discs x LAB 06.07.18

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